Thanks to those who posted questions for this “Ask me anything” blog. I’ve chosen a few of them that I thought would be of interest to the widest number of readers. Let’s get started. How to buy stocks One reader asked me to write a blog on how we at ValueTrend buy stocks – Read More

I’ve made no secret of it – we at ValueTrend hold a very strong belief that the market simply CANNOT continue to push high growth stocks up in a straight line. Something has to give sooner or later. Money may rotate out of some of these high flyers into value stocks, and/or overlooked sectors. There Read More

I’m on BNN today at 1:00. One of the questions that I know I will get is regarding gold. Its always something people want to know about. So- I’ve taken the liberty to post the same chart that I have been posting on my blog for the better part of 3 years. Interestingly, the Read More

Above is a chart of gold that I’ve kept on my screens for a while. The triangle breakout that I noted to wait for on this blog occurred in August. It’s now hit its first level of resistance that I had noted on that blog via the dashed green line. As mentioned on that Read More

Seasonals are a good backdrop for discovering sectors that may be in favor. The seasonal patterns give you a great starting point – but you also have to look at the technical profile and fundamentals before deciding to act on a seasonal pattern. For this reason, I’ve always endorsed purchasing Brook Thackray’s seasonal guides every Read More

Currently, gold is in the midst of forming a large symmetrical triangle. This type of triangle is a consolidation pattern that will, upon a breakout on either the upside or downside, provide some guidance as to what the next step for gold will be. An upside breakout would be considered a bullish sign, and a Read More

There are a few commodity plays worth looking at for potential trading opportunities right now. Investors can consider equities (aka individual producers)– or direct commodities exposure ETF’s – for these trades. Let’s get right down to business and look at some charts that should be on your watch list: Natural Gas I noted Read More

I noted on my blogs in early July that gold (here) and silver (here) were technically bullish from a trend perspective – but overbought from a momentum perspective. You will also note on those blogs that the ratio of smart money selling (commercial hedgers) vs. dumb money buying (retail investors) was skewed towards net “smart” Read More

The Lone Ranger’s horse was named Silver. When he wanted to get that horse moving quickly, he cried “Hi Ho Silver, away!” – and off they’d go. Silver certainly has had a pretty strong call for action lately, but not from the Lone Ranger. Ordinary investors are all over this stuff. Like gold, which I Read More

Gold has breached my technical target of $1300 recently. It’s now coming into a significant area of resistance at $1400. The chart below shows us that its big picture looks positive – given the positive break in trendline and basing action after that break. In the near-term, gold is overbought. Momentum indicators RSI and Stochastics Read More

The good news I read with great interest a recent report from my favorite market statistician, Jason Goepfert (www.sentimentrader.com). Jason points out that the Dow Jones Industrial Average—which Read More

I'm sorry I have not been able to post for a few days. I did a presentation at the Orlando MoneyShow on Saturday and left my MacAir's power cord behind. After learning that these cords are $80 USD Read More

My neighbor walks his dog with me sometimes. He’s a great guy, but very typical of most undisciplined investors. That is, he is long the market and gets frustrated when markets go bearish. He cries Read More